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jonc |
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August 01, 2008 07:11:31am |
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feature_films
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Re: are these PD... |
For Klansman and Wierd World, check for a copyright notice (usually in the closing credits). Movies from that period only require a notice, and without it they are public domain.
For "They Eat Scum", check for a notice in the credits
and registration in the
US Copyright Catalog. If
neither exist, it is PD.
The others are more complicated. They required a notice as well as registration. They had to be re-registered after a period of time (28 years). If they failed any of these they are PD. The online catalog search is not useful here as it only goes back to 1978. So check them for notices; without this they are public domain. If they have notice, they may be PD, but you'll have to do some research or hope that someone else in this forum has some information.
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